Crystal River current., 1887-04-02

ouiy over the fragllity OF her body.
She must be kept back; as Sin
clair says, nothing must be allowed to
excite the activity OF the mind, but
every aid given to strengthening the
delicate little frame. How is her ap-
petite now?' s''s7s..'' 's'7l's'7 - =,
"Wonderfully good; in fact, as a rule,
she appears to be in very fair health.
sometimes wonder. at the con slant
ful as allowing her to learn what she
can by herself" -
| "My dear Marian, in a case OF this
description medical man must be the
judge; and my own opinion entirely
coincides with. that expires sed
| by. Sinclair. We must not allow
Ethel's Intellect to be forced, or
grave consequences may ensue. With
| Arthur it is entirely different. He is
Of "a quiet, unexcitable, somewhat
phlegmatic temperament, and will
rlod steadily on without making a
particularly. brilliant show. l think
the wisest course we can take is to
send Ethel into the country. 1t is, OF
course. impossible for me to leave
London Just now.iso that we can not
remove the household; but we can
SEND the chlld to your sisters. The
place as extremely pheasant and
healthy, there are little ones near her
own age, she would be out OF doors
the greater part of the day, and the
food-fresh milk, eggs and fruits
highly sdesirable.s What do you saw?
Suppose you write to Mrs. Cole, and
we can talk the matter over this even
ing" fN @
"But Joseph" interposed Mrs. Chill
blud, anxiously, you do not think
she is going to be ill?"
Certainly not,"- answered her hus-
band in his smooth, precise tone,
"only am O great believer in the old
| adage, Prevention is better than
cure,' and with a. child of Ethers cal
iber one can not be too vigilant and
careful. Now, my dear, we will have
the children down; for l must go in
ten minutes. l will try and see Sin
clair later on to discuss our plans; iu
the meantime, let there be truce to
all lessons to-day;sand could you not
invite the little Howlands over and
let them all have good romp to-
gether in the nursery? It would do
Ethel good"
"Well?" said Miss Burton, in an
swer to the uplifted hand.
please. teacher, Tommy Carter's
asleep" 81 :
Brought thus plainly under her no.
tice, the teacher was compelled to see
what she did not wish to observe at
the moment.
Tommy Carter, come here" and
at the sound of his name the boy sat
up and rubbed his eyes. "Why, Tom
my, what is the meaning of this?"
said Miss Burt on in q kind voice, for
the boy was one of her brightest pu-
pills, and she knew something about
his home life. He was q tall boy for
his age, little under 7 (aIl the
children in Miss Burton's room were
under y, with face that might have.
been any fathers pride; such q hand
some. open countenance, sin,. spite of
its griminess, and the thick locks of
matted unkempt hair which fell over
his brow
'Please, teacher, ] didn't mean to
go to sleep, but l wor SO tired"
"How is that?"
~ didn't go to bed till long past 12
last night, and father he woke me at
to light the fire, COS mother couldn't
get up, COS she amt WELL"
"What kept you up so late?" ,s
81 had to mind the baby"
"Where was your motber?'
PLEASE, teacher, mother went to
the Dolphin to fetch father, and they
didn't come out till they was turned
out, and then father and mother had
row, and he knocked her spinning,
and she's bad to-day, she is"
"And was there nobody to look aft
er the baby but your" f-
mo, COS the lady what lives in the
next room she's gone away, and the
baby cried SO took it and sat on the
doorstep till mother come in, and
chuck it out o'window ifmother didn't
quiet its row."
The boy spoke in q quiet, matter. Of
TACT tone. Why not? He was used to
his life; such scenes were of daily oc-
currence. and if the previous nights
experiences had been trife worse
than usual, there was one comfort to
be derived from them-his mother
was too ill to get drunk that day, at
least.
You may go to your place." said
the teacher quietly. II am going to
give out the sums. Annie Blake, What
are you crying for?"
The little girl addressed vouchsafed
no reply, but after q little hesitation
the child who occupied the next seat
volunteered the information that
Annie Blake felt sick.
Miss Burton called the little girl
to her side. "What is the matter,
Annie? Have you had anything to
disagree with your" 60
The child shook her head. She was
very clean and tidily dressed. though
in woefully patched garments.
What did you have for breakfast?"
.Nothing, teacher" said the little
girl, looking up with timid eyes.
Mother couldn't give US any this
gone"
.Is your father out of work."
Eyes, teacher, he's got a bad foot"